Newbie restrictions

[speedracerrick69]

    I wonder why some move up quicker than others? Hmmmm.....

[BusmasterDMA]

A fair policy.  Hope this counts towards my five.

[nexus]

Hmm.. this is pretty dumb.

[NickW]

Slightly annoying, but it appears it would be pretty easy to spam 5 "adequate" posts in this section within the space of a few minutes.

Only going to be a minor inconvenience rather than deterrent to any serious spammers.

Edit: I now see that there's a 4 hour logged in time thing as well. Now that's going to put spammers off, but not really going to be an issue for anybody that was lurking anyway .

[aq]

I don't see how this should prevent trolls from just posting 5 posts

[cinos11]

Seems fair to get rid of spammers.
But atm it kind of sucks if you lurk more then you post.

[r2edu]

Hello! this is my first post...  come mining for a while but never had the need for an answer so far... I follow this forum but most of all I read a forum in my language.

pardon my french :p

[r00tbeer]

I think this is my fifth! I look forward to being a good member of the community.

[silverchair]

I think this is my fifth! I look forward to being a good member of the community.

Congratulations on your 5th post and passing the test, you are now a certified member of the community, LOL

[AlanC]

Hi my name is Alan totally new to this but very keen to learn as much as possible. Nice to meet everyone.

[uknown_enitity]

Very sensible. Does the Technical Support Forum get trolled a lot? If not it would be handy to have it open.

+1 couldnt agree more !

[comnam90]

Very sensible. Does the Technical Support Forum get trolled a lot? If not it would be handy to have it open.

+1 couldnt agree more !

+1! also agree!

very fair rules though

[socks]

Sensible but annoying

But sensible.

...and annoying 

At least I'll learn a bit about the forum before being able to participate in a real manner.  That said, there are other ways to deal with spammers, though this must have been given due consideration.

[zmcmoto1]

My name is Zak and I'm new to the board. Glad to meet everyone here. I was wondering how many posts you need or how you can post to other sections of the forum. I didn't have time to read through the whole forum right now and was interested in posting on topics in other threads. Someone let me know please.

Thanks

[silverchair]

My name is Zak and I'm new to the board. Glad to meet everyone here. I was wondering how many posts you need or how you can post to other sections of the forum. I didn't have time to read through the whole forum right now and was interested in posting on topics in other threads. Someone let me know please.

Thanks

Due to a mass of trolling, only established posters are able to post in non-newbie sections. You are considered "established" if you have spent 4 hours online and have made 5 posts.

[RandyFolds]

Honestly, people act like they are giving up a friggin' toe or something. I signed up yesterday after lurking for weeks and have racked up 8 hours and plenty of posts just reading up on things and doing a bit of trolling. It's not a big deal, and is enough of a deterrent to keep at least some of the shills away.

[zephyr4]

Sounds reasonable enough

[fx1Trader]

yes, sounds reasonable for trol usres ..
but is you are honest and have positive atentions ...this is anoying

[ffwd]

honestly its a little annoying that u need to wait when you only registered to post that one question

but i guess it is for the best )

[ned123]

Need to discuss about miners (especially Diablo's) and it is much easer in forum than in Issues list on Github
Hope nobody will misinterpret this post...